December 8, 2004 this story came out about NEC and Inter-tel copped a plea to bid rigging in the E-Rate program. Which is a national program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet. Inter-Tel agreed to pay a total $8.71 million in criminal fines in a two-count felony charge.

Inter-tel pleads quilty to fraud

source: INB InternetNews.com


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